Robert Downey Jr. is Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes
Entertainment Weekly has the news.
Not at all the kind of actor I was expecting, which means this is gonna be a totally different kind of movie than I was expecting...
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posted by Alex Knapp (Thu Jul 10 08, 11:29AM)
Is this really a surprise? Robert Downey Jr. seems to be cursed to play drug abusers his whole career...
posted by MaryAnn (Thu Jul 10 08, 12:06PM)
Well, I expected someone British, for one.
posted by Bill (Thu Jul 10 08, 12:28PM)
Call me crazy, but I was hoping for Paul Bettany. Say what you like about "A Knight's Tale", but for my money, his screen time made that movie worth watching more than once. His work in "Dogville" was great, as well. However, cast Robert Downey, Jr. in anything and I will be at the theater on opening day.
posted by MaryAnn (Thu Jul 10 08, 1:09PM)
I'll be there for Downey in anything, too. And I'm intriguied by the idea of him playing Holmes. It just wasn't what I was expecting from Ritchie.
posted by Alison (Thu Jul 10 08, 3:30PM)
Oh, but can't you just see it. Him, cocking his head just a bit to the side the way he does, while acting all pontifical.
Can. not. wait.
posted by MaryAnn (Thu Jul 10 08, 3:37PM)
Yeah, I can see him. It's just not what I was expecting to be seeing. :->
posted by a (Thu Jul 10 08, 9:28PM)
I'm sure he'll do fine, but my first choice would be Christopher Eccleston.
Of course, he would be my first choice for just about anything, mind you.
posted by MaryAnn (Thu Jul 10 08, 9:57PM)
Christopher Eccleston as Sherlock Holmes?
*melts into a puddle of fangirl goo*